Oh man, I feel so bad for that kid. I hope this all works out well for him.

And if any of you didn't catch his name it's Alan Doherty, and here's his web site where you can donate money through PayPal, if you so desire:

http://www.friendsofalandoherty.com/

I feel really bad for him too, but you'd think he'd be a faster typist if he relied on that thing for all communication.

Is his middle name Lamprey?

I almost have the same problem. I was born with a very small jaw due to Nager's Syndrome. I also couldn't open my mouth wide either.

Tags for this video have been changed from 'jawless, teen, teenager, constructive surgery, rare condition' to 'jawless, teen, teenager, constructive surgery, rare condition, irish, ireland' - edited by kronosposeidon

*promote to help this poor kid

Promoting this video back to the front page; last published Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 12:51pm PDT - promote requested by kronosposeidon.

Whoa whoa whoa, i mean i dont know much about anatomy but what? They place some of his hip bone in his lower back to develop tissue and nerves? Our bodies work that way? Thats fucked up, i didnt know you could do that.

>> ^Jordass:
Whoa whoa whoa, i mean i dont know much about anatomy but what? They place some of his hip bone in his lower back to develop tissue and nerves? Our bodies work that way? Thats fucked up, i didnt know you could do that.


In my days back in 80s, the doctor used a part of my right hip bone and added to my jaw. It didn't work well for me. I did hear today, they have these springs that would extend the jaws. I am not ready for another surgery (not urgent, but I can open my mouth wider and eat more now) since I had two major ones back in 1998 (see http://alpha.zimage.com/~ant/antfarm/about/surgery/surgery.html for details) and things didn't work well (lost nerves to feel and move in my right side of my face like closing my right eye lid, feeling, make faces).

This is why I believe so much in scientific progress, and I think things look good for the future.

Stem cell treatments harness the body's natural repair network, and every year we make concrete progress toward being able to grow any bones, tissues, and organs on demand. In time, the field won't have any need of controversial methods involving excess embryos from in vitro fertilization.

I'm not sure where the line for humor is here so I'm deleting my stupid and almost certainly offensive (but maybe funny) joke.

btw this wasn't about this kid .. or any unfortunate person suffering from this .. just a shot at mouthy teenagers in general. Geez I feel like a heartless bastard and I haven't done it yet. /delete! ack.

awhwh ant .. =(
well I guess I deserve it .. or would have .. had I actually said anything.

Pray harder, it will fix itself. Who needs science?

Sure Honkeytonk, I'll pray. What harm can it do? I like to think i can get the ear of the big magic man in the sky occasionally.

Here's some good news, the paypall account is closed. Hopefully it's because of this that I found on Kronosposeidon's link above...

** To date all of Alan's operation bills, amounting to almost $700,000 have been paid out entirely by the friends of Alan Doherty. We would like to thank everyone involved in fundraising and everyone who has kindly donated money so far and thank you all for your continued support, without which none of this would have been possible.**

Prayer's good. Cash kicks ass.

*teenagers

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